adjective
being nine more than thirty
• Syn: ↑39, ↑ixl
• Similar to: ↑cardinal
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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective : being one more than 38 in number
thirty-nine years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 39 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
thirty-nine are here
thirty-nine were found
1. : nine and 30 : three times 13
2.
a. : 39 units or objects
a total of thirty-nine
b. : a group or set of 39
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 39
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/therr"tee nuyn"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 30 plus 9.
2. a symbol for this number, as 39 or XXXIX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 39 in number.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.